Our first day and night went by quickly, we had a consistent 15 to 20 knots wind on the beam, so we were able to maintain 7.5 knots. Today, at noon, we measured our 24 hour progess since we left Ua Pou and found that we had made 157 nautical miles in that 24 hour period. Not bad considering there was a period of light winds in the shadow of the island where we had to motor.

Our second day has come and mostly gone, it has been very pleasant sailing. We shared a glass of wine at sunset and marvelled how wonderful this passage was turning out to be.

For dinner, we had beef entrecote steaks with green peppercorn sauce, plus chinese long green beans cooked in butter, and couscous.

Our Sat phone terminal was not working today (for me) so my only access to the internet has been via (very slow) sailmail.